# Is This A Scam? (Monthly Subscription For ED Medications) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557 "2018-08-13T23:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/1 "2018-08-13T23:57:45Z")
I won’t link here because if it is spam, I don’t want to be responsible for propagating it. An ad came up on my FB feed for a service that provides ED medication on a subscription basis. The name of it is what you would call a person from Rome, dot-com. Is this a legitimate business? I’m not a fan of the subscription-based business model, since rather than getting your money once, they get it every month. And of course, some businesses that rely on this model also rely on making it next to impossible to cancel. On the other hand, their cheapest package (heh) looks to be about $34 per month, which I could easily afford. Anyone familiar with this company? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/2 "2018-08-14T00:02:01Z")
Facebook feed. Check. Not your doctor. Check. Writing a prescription sight unseen. Check. It’s a scam. Check. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/3 "2018-08-14T00:14:21Z")
Sounds like a supplement. You can get it cheaper if that what it is. Or a bunch of woo. Who knows. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/4 "2018-08-14T00:53:05Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > The name of it is what you would call a person from Rome, dot-com. Are you sure the word “get” doesn’t come before that part? > [@running\_coach](#): > > Facebook feed. Check. > Not your doctor. Check. > Writing a prescription sight unseen. Check. > It’s a scam. Check. What’s your definition of “scam”? The website and service is operating within the law and I don’t see any indication that anyone is being ripped off. > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Sounds like a supplement. You can get it cheaper if that what it is. No, they prescribe ED meds. How do you know he can get “it” cheaper if you don’t know what “it” it is? ---
**Author:** ![Panther\_Modern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac8455/32.png) [@Panther\_Modern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Panther_Modern)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/5 "2018-08-14T00:58:08Z")
I wouldn’t trust it, especially because anyone and their grandma can buy an ad on Facebook and have thousands of people look at it. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/6 "2018-08-14T01:00:47Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > I wouldn’t trust it, especially because anyone and their grandma can buy an ad on Facebook and have thousands of people look at it. There are better ways to determine if a business is legit than to dismiss them out of hand because they advertise on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/7 "2018-08-14T01:10:47Z")
> [@Panther\_Modern](#): > > I wouldn’t trust it, especially because anyone and their grandma can buy an ad on Facebook and have thousands of people look at it. > [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > There are better ways to determine if a business is legit than to dismiss them out of hand because they advertise on Facebook. Good point. Walking into their physical place of business and having a look around is often a good start. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/8 "2018-08-14T01:14:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Good point. Walking into their physical place of business and having a look around is often a good start. Right, because if you can’t easily do that with an online business, it’s _probably_ a scam. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/9 "2018-08-14T01:56:13Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > Are you sure the word “get” doesn’t come before that part? > > What’s your definition of “scam”? The website and service is operating within the law and I don’t see any indication that anyone is being ripped off. > > No, they prescribe ED meds. How do you know he can get “it” cheaper if you don’t know what “it” it is? They advertise a bunch of supplements like that, you can usually get it cheaper. You’re right I don’t know what _it_ is, It was a WAG. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/10 "2018-08-14T02:33:29Z")
I’ve never seen anything advertised on FB that I couldn’t find cheaper directly from Amazon with a minimum amount of searching, but YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/11 "2018-08-14T02:43:51Z")
^ That may be true for you, but the OP is talking about something specific- and ED med for $34 a month. That’s not available on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/12 "2018-08-14T02:50:12Z")
OP doesn’t specify which ED med and there are literally hundreds of supplements marketing themselves for performance enhancement that aren’t Viagra or Cialis. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/13 "2018-08-14T02:57:30Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > OP doesn’t specify which ED med and there are literally hundreds of supplements marketing themselves for performance enhancement that aren’t Viagra or Cialis. And you’d be better off using a stick and some tape. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/14 "2018-08-14T02:59:54Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > OP doesn’t specify which ED med and there are literally hundreds of supplements marketing themselves for performance enhancement that aren’t Viagra or Cialis. The OP let us know what website he was talking about without linking to it. As you say, “which ED med.” They sell sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil, not supplements. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/15 "2018-08-14T03:11:50Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > The OP let us know what website he was talking about without linking to it. As you say, “which ED med.” They sell sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil, not supplements. All those are Viagra or Cialis. You need a prescription for them. Seems to me it would be easier and more cost effective to see your Doctor. The alternative would be the cost of maybe, I don’t know, your LIFE. I think death would be a deterrent. IMHO, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/16 "2018-08-14T03:17:05Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > All those are Viagra or Cialis. You need a prescription for them. Not really. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/17 "2018-08-14T03:20:03Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > All those are Viagra or Cialis. Close. Sildenafil and tadalafil are. > [@](#): > > You need a prescription for them. Yes. > [@](#): > > Seems to me it would be easier and more cost effective to see your Doctor. I don’t know what seems easier about that or more cost effective. > [@](#): > > The alternative would be the cost of maybe, I don’t know, your LIFE. I think death would be a deterrent. IMHO, of course. Again, it’s a legal service in the US. Both a doctor and a prescription is involved. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/18 "2018-08-14T03:20:27Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > All those are Viagra or Cialis. You need a prescription for them. Seems to me it would be easier and more cost effective to see your Doctor. The alternative would be the cost of maybe, I don’t know, your LIFE. I think death would be a deterrent. IMHO, of course. Agreed 100%. The OP needs to have a complete physical exam if he things things aren’t working as they should, and go from there. The -fil drugs can cause fatal interactions with some drugs, and unpleasant ones with others. Even though it’s not a bodily function I have, IMNSHO if there’s any one you don’t want to play around with, it’s that one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/19 "2018-08-14T03:25:28Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Not really. I suspect you can buy anything on the streets. If that’s what you mean. That’s even more costly. I think. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557/20 "2018-08-14T03:26:06Z")
(Missed the edit deadline) I meant “if he THINKS things…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-scam-monthly-subscription-for-ed-medications/819557.md?page=2)